DRAW CLOSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does draw close mean?
• DRAW CLOSE (verb)
The verb DRAW CLOSE has 3 senses:
1. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
2. move towards
3. pull towards oneself
Familiarity information: DRAW CLOSE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DRAW CLOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cuddle; draw close; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle; nest
Context examples:
We cuddled against each other to keep warm / The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
Hypernyms (to "draw close" is one way to...):
cling to; clutch; hold close; hold tight (hold firmly, usually with one's hands)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move towards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
draw near; approach; near; come near; come on; draw close; go up
Context examples:
We were approaching our destination / They are drawing near / The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Hypernyms (to "draw close" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
"Draw close" entails doing...:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw close"):
drive up (approach while driving)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
edge in; edge up (push one's way into (a space))
close (draw near)
crowd; push (approach a certain age or speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pull towards oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
He drew the crying child close
Hypernyms (to "draw close" is one way to...):
pull (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
